Week 6 Blog Reflection

Blog Reflection Week 6

In the Teaching with Technology Podcasting article, podcasting is explained in detail on plain english and it was fairly easy to follow along and keep up.  Along with this article, I created my very first podcast on Buzzsprout.com.  I found it to be a very interesting tool. 

Teaching with Technology Podcasting begins with the very basic steps of creating a podcast and how the videos and audio are produced.  This seems very handy for a beginner such as myself, to learn the ropes and the background on this type of technology before creating my own.  The author does a great job at touching on several points that make podcasting an up-and-coming form of technology use in the classroom.  The future of poscasting in education seems very hopeful.  I can see how this could be efficient for teachers and students alike.  When an instructor or teacher has a large amount of information to give out over a large period of time, students can subscribe and it is delivered like the morning paper.  I can however, see that the teacher has to be willing to contribute the time to continually create and add these podcasts over time.  I could see podcasting becoming a meaninful way to connect with students outside of the classroom.  This could be helpful to schools and colleges alike.  Larger class sizes and less teachers could end up being the result. 

I would love the opportunity to give podcasting a try in my classroom.  I find it difficult to talk with 22 sets of parents daily, or even weekly.  Sometimes the only form of communication is written.  With a podcast, I can capture quick reminders, and videos about our upcoming plans, lesson, or even messages that need to get home to parents.  This would be a fun, and technology advanced way of communicating greenly.